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LET’S CHAT

February 22, 2013

You guys have been quiet lately so I thought it was time for a Lets Chat. Sometimes with blogging it feels so weird just putting stuff out there into the black hole of the Internet. That’s why I love these posts. The Internet becomes less of a black hole and more of a cocktail party spent getting to know awesome people who love the same things I do. So let’s chat…

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Talent you wish you had: Beautiful handwritingBest gift you’ve ever received: I’ve only come to appreciate this as a gift recently, and it’s sappy, but my education. Thanks Mom and Dad! I should also give a ton of credit to my boyfriend for killing it this Valentine’s Day with a totally unexpected scavenger hunt. The treasure? A stack of Domino magazines I was missing from my collection and plane tickets for an upcoming trip. So sweet I cried!Most memorable stamp in your passport: SpainSomething you’re excited about: I haven’t told you guys yet, but The Pursuit of Style is getting a makeover! Hanna has worked her magic for me again and I’m so so excited to launch the new look. Fingers crossed you love it as much as I do!Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!):The Cape Sea Grille, Harwich Port, MACamo Pants: Do or Don’t?: I really want to be able to pull these off but I’m not sure I’m cool enough, ha!

YOUTalent you wish you had:Best gift you’ve ever received:Most memorable stamp in your passport:Something you’re excited about:Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!):Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?:

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Good morning, Lindsay. What a fantastic Valentine’s gift! Alrighty, let’s chat:
Talent you wish you had: I wish I could sing beautifully or great comedic timing
Best gift you’ve ever received: I’m going to jump on the corny, but true train and say my knowledge of God’s love
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Australia, if we have to pick just one
Something you’re excited about :Our house went on the market yesterday, and we got a full price offer this morning before 6 am! Stoked and Hopeful!!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): Oyamel, Washington D.C. and Urban Pantry, Canberra, Australia
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: Definitely not. Where we grew up, camo pants come with animal blood.

Best gift you’ve ever received: Agreed, my education was huge, as were the many amazing trips my parents paid for… Recently though, one of my very generous girlfriends gifted me a ticket to the Patron’s Show at the Torpedo Factory. We had a blast together at the event (you should check it out next year!) and I came home with a fantastic piece of art that will always remind me of her.

Most memorable stamp in your passport: Ireland (the first time)

Something you’re excited about: A new boy in my life.

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): That is way to hard! The first one that popped in my head was Salvation Cafe in Newport, RI, so I’ll go with that…

Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: Hmmm, those are cute. I definitely could not pull them off, but I like them!

So with you on the dancing. I’ll add that to my wish list too. The Patron’s Show sounds like so much fun. I’ll definitely look into it for next year. Maybe I’ll finally get a piece of Tory Cowles work!

Talent you wish you had: Painting/Artistic ability
Best gift you’ve ever received: Mint Julep cups from the 1974 Kentucky Derby
Most memorable stamp in your passport: India!
Something you’re excited about: Leaving for Alabama in a few hours!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): The Yard House
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: Don’t!

Talent you wish you had: Singing!
Best gift you’ve ever received: Besides my engagement ring/wedding I would say a painting of the Snake River from my dad. It was a total surprise and really thoughtful.
Most memorable stamp in your passport: I am grateful to say that this is a hard one! I guess Botswana where after one two many sundowners we jumped into a Hippo pond. It’s a miracle that we made it out alive- a story for the grandkids!
Something you’re excited about: Building my business
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): Malatesta in NYC. It’s a tiny, cash only hole in the wall in the West Village and serves the BEST truffle risotto.
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?:DO. Camo is be the leopard of the moment- I have a pair of navy camo pants from Zara and they are a great substitute for jeans when I want to shake things up a bit.

I don’t know if this is true, but I’ve heard that there are more hippo-related deaths in Africa (or maybe just Kenya? that’s where I was when I heard this) than any other animal. I think it’s because tourists realize that walking up to a lion is a bad idea but don’t consider the possibility of being trampled by an enormous hippo… Glad you made it out ok! But you’re right, what an awesome story!

Talent you wish you had: calligraphy
Best gift you’ve ever received: my semester abroad (from my parents), which I did through Semester at Sea
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Cambodia, definitely the most beautiful place I’ve been with the most welcoming and kind people.
Something you’re excited about: spring to finally come around!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): acqua al 2 in DC or Florence
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: Definitely think this is a DO, but I could never pull them off.

Talent you wish you had: I wish I had a really strong singing voice
Best gift you’ve ever received: The earrings that match my engagement ring. I wear them ALMOST every day.
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Ireland–the ONLY stamp in my passport.
Something you’re excited about: The weekend!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): My current fave is Blue Rock Pizza and Tap in High Point, NC
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: I don’t. I would look redic.

Talent you wish you had: Sewing. I would make window treatments for my house and save myself a lot of $$.

Best gift you’ve ever received: This is a tough one. I am grateful for so much. One gift I loved recently was tickets back to my hometown to be able to go to one of my best friend’s surprise 30th birthday parties. My husband and I moved away this summer and I’ve missed out on a lot of activities at home. I initially rsvped no to my friend’s party and then a week before he came home late from work and told me he had bought me tickets home for the weekend to be able to go to the party. I cried I was so excited!

Something you’re excited about: Starting a new job on Monday! A bit of a career change and it’s a mix of nervous and excited but I can’t wait!

Favorite Restaurant: Three that are tied (I seriously cannot decide): 1. Macintosh in Charleston, SC. This is upscale American fare. Love it!!; 2. Fire in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. This is a more casual wood fire pizza place. I had hands down the best pizza of my life here. The atmosphere is great. I think about this pizza all the time still; and 3. Girl and the Goat in Chicago. Simply delicious food. Come with an open mind and get the pig face. You will not regret it.

Camo Pants – do or don’t: I’ve been struggling with this question too! I just saw a pair at Gap and tried them on and liked them but wasn’t sure if I could pull them off. I’m gonna work on my self confidence and say do!

talent you wish you had: experimenting and improvising while cooking.
best gift you’ve ever received: airplane ticket my boyfriend bought me so i could meet his parents.
most memorable stamp in your passport: japan visa sticker i got when i was 22. i lived there for two years.
something you’re excited about: shooting more weddings this summer. upcoming creative collaborations. blog site to go along with my photography business (coming soon!!).
favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): any italian restaurant in japan. the noodles are done just right!! and udon in kagawa prefecture. soo good!!!
camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: do, but not for me. and it has to be done very particularly.

Talent you wish you had: I wish I could draw. I see something and think, “I can totally do this!” And then, the drawings of a first grader come out on my paper. Not even close!

Best gift you’ve ever received: This is a tough one. There are many things in my life that are special, but the most recent one is a vintage coat that was my mom’s coat. It’s from the “first chapter” of her life, given to her in college. It’s fur and not the faux kind (sorry!), but it’s in amazing condition, and it still smells like the perfume she wore in the 70s. I used to twirl around in it as a kid, playing dress up in her closet. It’s a special family heirloom.

Most memorable stamp in your passport: South Africa! I’m ready to go back at anytime! What a wonderful place.

Something you’re excited about: Planning a fall trip to Paris and French wine country. My husband’s not so keen on us doing this by ourselves (he’d rather have a tour set-up), but I think the adventure will be fantastic!

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!)In my hometown outside of Pittsburgh, PA there is a pizza place called Bud Murphy’s. It’s divey and not very classy, but it’s delicious and the cold beer is better there than anywhere I’ve been. Must be that home sweet home kind of thing.

Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: A total Do but on the cheap!! Gap has a really cute, cropped pair right now. Express does too. Not worth spending too much money on, but I believe they are much more versatile than one thinks!

Talent you wish you had: Photoshop. As someone that is more technical, you’d think I’d get it. But it’s just one of those programs you open and it has so much capability, that it completely overwhelms you. I’m working on it.

Best gift you’ve ever received: Tied. My education and my horse/financial support when I was competing as a teen. Both were such large financial commitments and sacrifices that my parents made for me, both without hesitation or pressure to succeed. I can easily say both experiences shaped who I am today and am grateful everyday to have had them!

Most memorable stamp in your passport: Sad story, I have zero stamps, but I’m working on it! We are going to the Caribbean this May so that’ll change.

Something you’re excited about: Being back in the blogisphere! I took six months off after moving to a new city and needing time to adjust but I’m back now and so glad I am!

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): Belle Epicurean in Seattle. It’s more of a cafe/bakery but its decorated like a little Parisian cafe and let’s me pretend I’m in Europe. Not to mention everything they make is beyond amazing.

Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: I think they can be a do so long as the pattern is muted and you pair them with classics.

Talent you wish you had: The ability to always say the right thing for the moment.
Best gift you’ve ever received: The gift of going to any college I wanted and being able to study abroad!
Most memorable stamp in your passport: My UK student visa
Something you’re excited about: Spring!!! The clothes! The weather! The color! The flowers!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!): At the moment, The Marliave in Boston, MA
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: not for me, but if can rock them, go for it!

Talent you wish you had:
Calligraphy, Upholstery, better sense of humour/more witty
Best gift you’ve ever received:
Sappy, but, my children. I can’t believe god trusted me with these perfect little beings! Im so lucky, they are the sweetest funniest most kind hearted little stinkers I have ever seen
Most memorable stamp in your passport:
Austria
Something you’re excited about:
The re-brand of my blog and site, and the launch of my shop. I am giddy excited with every piece I add to the inventory. Somehow buying and selling furniture cures my desire to shop and lets me make a hobby into a business and I am so silly excited to be figuring it all out…slowly.
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we an visit!):
St. Catharines – Amakara Japan [I could eat only sushi and seafood for every meal, forever]
Toronto – Jumping into my mind is Origin
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?:
DO

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): Although it’s quite a challenge for me to name just one, my go-to restaurant in my current city of Portland, ME is Blue Spoon. I always walk out the door (after brunch, lunch, wine time, and dinner) immensely happy!

Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: A do for others, but unfortunately not for me!

oooh i love these posts. and that was an AMAZING valentine’s gift. my husband needs some help.
Talent you wish you had: i know it is kind of lame, but i wish i could SING. not get a recording deal sing, but blow people away at random karaoke night sing.
Best gift you’ve ever received: my dad gave me my little maltipoo, Mr. Wilson!
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Mexico (Puerto Vallarta) for my honeymoon.
Something you’re excited about: spring! i’m so tired of cold weather and layers and freezing cold fingers.
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): Tortuga’s Lie Nags Head, NC.
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: i have a take it or leave it attitude about them. i think they’re fun, but definitely a short lived trend.

Talent you wish you had: Beautiful handwriting is a good one! Mine is horrible, but I have to say photography is what I wish for.

Best gift you’ve ever received: Hmm…tough one so I’ll just pick the best in the past year. For our first anniversary, the mister and I went to Paris. We “stumbled across” Hermes (I later learned it was planned) where my hubby told me to pick any bracelet I wanted! (He was lucky they didn’t have any Collier de Chien in stock!)

Most memorable stamp in your passport: Uganda/Tanzania It was a trip of a lifetime, the best trip I’ve ever been on, and my husband proposed there on the Serengeti.

Something you’re excited about: We just moved to Europe six months ago so travel, travel, travel!

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): Cozy Noodle n Rice in Chicago. Delicious and cheap, BYOB, and a super fun atmosphere!

Best gift you’ve ever received: I’ll second Lindsay with my education but go a step farther and also say my leopard bath robe given to me by my TNB’s… because only they understand the importance of a fabulous leopard ensemble to get ready in

Most memorable stamp in your passport: considering they don’t do this anymore (much to my dismay) and the fact that I’ve only ever been out of the country on my SB cruise last year I vote Cozumel, Mexico. Because nothing tops magic yellow bracelets, double-fisting dirty bananas and nearly getting left in a foreign country

Something you’re excited about:The summer, the future, and this weekend. The past year has been full of amazing change and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): This one’s a toughy but I’ll go with Jim’s Place Grille and Sakura sushi in Memphis, Tennessee.

Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: now I vote no, but there was a time in my not so distant past (cough sophomore year) where I rocked a thrift store pair originally purchased for sigma nu white trash bash like it was my job

Best stamp on my passport: France. Went with my future MIL. I can’t wait to go back with girlfriends and my daughters.

Something I’m excited about: A pending dining room remodel.

Favorite restaurant: Hammersley’s Bistro in Boston

Camp pants: Do or Don’t: I have those camo pants, and I love them! They are surprisingly slimming! I pair them with something neutral, and slightly more feminine, and ballet flats, and it works. Or I feel so good in them, that I don’t care what anyone else thinks. I’m 38, so I do agree with a previous poster that the pattern is somewhat of a neutral now.

Talent you wish you had: playing the piano
Best gift you’ve ever received: Silk striped shoes my mother wore in 1965 and I remember adoring them. She looked so beautiful in them. She gave them to me for Christmas last year in the original box.
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Paros, Greece
Something you’re excited about: my grandkids (always)
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): Thai Royal, Alexandria, VA, has the best green curry ever.
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: Don’t, too much on the hips!

2) best gift i received was a 3 month trip to the states and driving all around the US

3) most memorable stamp – trinidad bc the guy at customs made me bribe him with twenty bucks to get in or he would send me back but he was lying and he put the money straight into his pocked with no shame but i was too scared to argue

4) i’m excited about blogging – all very new but fun

5) favourite restaurant – not a fair question – i dont have children but suspect it is like choosing your favourite child!

Best gift you’ve ever received: A David Yurman ring my husband gave me for my birthday when we’d only been dating for several weeks. He was so smitten and that made a statement. It’s the I Love You counterpart to my I Want to Marry You engagement ring and Forever wedding band.

OK here goes…
Talent you wish you had: Song writing. I think it would be amazing to be able to put thoughts into beautiful music.
Best gift you’ve ever received: Cheesy…my daughter. Honestly, she bring me joy and challenges me everyday. She’s the reason I work hard and grow as a person.
Most memorable stamp in your passport: France, it’s one of my favorite places on Earth.
Something you’re excited about: Getting in shape and adding a person to our family.
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): PJ Clarks in NYC…BEST BURGER IN THE WORLD!
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?: I think if I dropped 10 I could do it. I have a camo bag from LL Bean which I had monogrammed that I love! …this was fun! Always enjoy reading.
XOXO

Talent you wish you had: I wish I could be a natural cook, I wish I had the ability to just whip up something with beautiful color and something fabulous!
Best gift you’ve ever received: It was until I started writing in a journal. My brother’s girlfriend at the time bought me this beautiful leather bound journal. I’ve been writing ever since.
Most memorable stamp in your passport: Norway-and I absolutely loved it!
Something you’re excited about: To be half way done with my masters program!!!!
Favorite restaurant (share the city too so we can visit!): Thai Smile in Rancho Mirage, California. I’m a big thai fan and several years ago my boyfriend at the time introduced me to thai food, it’s now my favorite asian cuisine.
Camo Pants: Do or Don’t?:I’m going to have to say no, just because I’m a shorty and they are so unbecoming on me!